Mike Jacobs

There are 118 Illinois House seats on the ballot Tuesday, but for Republicans, the magic number is one. The GOP knows it's highly unlikely it will catch a tidal wave and sweep Speaker Michael Madigan out of power. But all the House Republicans need to do is end up with one more seat and the long-serving Southwest Side Democrat will no longer hold a supermajority of 71 members. That would be a big help to Republican Bruce Rauner should he emerge victorious from a close governor's race, allowing him to avoid facing a legislature where Democrats possess the ability to overturn any of his vetoes if they simply stick together. "Ultimately, what it's going to do is...

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